IRCT EU
IRTC
REGIONAL
REPORTREPORT
2016 2016
TABLE OF CONTENTS
4
Summary
7 Methodology
9 Country analysis
10
Austria
14 Finland
16 France
20 Germany
25 Hungary
28 Italy
31 Netherlands
34 Sweden
37 International legal obligations
38 Implementation of support measures for torture victims
under the Common European Asylum System
38 Identification
39 Medico-legal reports
40 Special procedural guarantees
40
Accelerated procedures
40 Reception conditions
Acknowledgements
This report was written by Dastan
Salehi and Asger Kjærum with input
from Melissa Paintoux and Ailish
O’Donoghue. This report would
not have been possible without the
invaluable contributions of the
participating IRCT member centres.
In particular, the IRCT would like to
thank Alexandra Köck and Paul Schwarzl
from the Zebra Interkulturelles
Beratungs - und Therapiezentrum,
Ferdinand Garoff, Lotta Carlsson
and Anniina Miettinen from the Centre
for Torture Survivors in Finland,
Jerome Boillat from Parcours d’Exil,
Nadja Saborowski from bzfo,
Christian Cleusters from MFH Bochum,
Lilla Hardi and Maria Barna from the
Cordelia Foundation, Christopher Hein
from the Italian Council for Refugees,
Boris Drozdek from RvA NL
Psychotrauma Centrum Zuid Nederland,
and Annette Carnemalm from the Red
Cross Treatment Centre for Persons
Affected by Torture and War.
41 Healthcare and rehabilitation
41 Detention
42 Recommendations
42
Identification
42 Reception Conditions Directive
43 Asylum Procedures Directive
Cover Photograph
Refugees from Syria, hoping
to get on the next train
at the mainstation in Munich.
© Jazzmany | Shutterstock
43 Funding
45 Notes and references
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